Cowfish problems please help

[CLR48]

My cow fish is swimming in circles on his side on e top of the water. He was swimming fine yesterday any help?

 

[CLR48]

Now hes upside down..

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

What are your water parameters? I would check them ASAP.

 

[CLR48]

I fed him some food by hand and he ate the he swam down and around the lower part of the tank to eat I turned the two powerheads of could he just have been tired?

 

[CLR48]

And all my other fish and corals look good.

 

[CLR48]

Idk im not home now ill cgeck when im homr

 

[Mike&Terry]

They are not great swimmers when small and need a low flow area to hang out. Can you post a pic of him?

 

[CLR48]

Im not home right now. I was told that he is swimming down twords the bottom but his tail is like floating now. I will post pics when im home

 

[CLR48]

Just got home he looks normal now and is swimming the right way down towards the bottom.

 

[Mike&Terry]

Just got home he looks normal now and is swimming the right way down towards the bottom.

Good to hear!

 

[CLR48]

Could he just have been tired from the power heads?

 

[Mike&Terry]

Could he just have been tired from the power heads?

Very possible. Many times, they are too skinny when they arrive at an LFS and need to be fattened up a bit. They also can easily be out-competed by other tank mates when small and should be target fed 2 to 3x per day. They are omnivores and LOVE veggies. If you can offer some on a clip that should help as well. Ours would eat anything, including nori, but especially loved macro algae.

 

[CLR48]

I've been feeding seaweed on a clip everyday and I hand feed him mysis/ brine shrimp twice a day.